| Vol XXXIV No. 25 |
Monday, September 25, 2000 |
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Questioning Knight's reputation
Scott Blaszak
The Early Essays
 Two weeks ago, Indiana University fired head basketball coach Bob Knight. Three national championships (including the undefeated 1976 team), 11 Big Ten titles and 763 career wins ensure Knight's place among the game's greatest coaches, but, perhaps unfairly, they will not ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Albert Camus
author
"A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be anything but bad ... Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better, whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worse." ... [more]
Jumping into ND
social scene,
Mike Marchand
Questionable Freedoms 2000
Among the misfortunes that befell me in my "summer from hell" that I didn't mention in my last column was the ending of a six-month relationship with my girlfriend. My friend Amy describes the reason for our breakup as "overkill"; we ... [more]
Former editor defends
journalistic freedom
Sarah Dylag
Class of `99
As a former Observer editorial board member, I may not be the right person to respond to The Observer independence issue. Nevertheless, I write to address 1. the importance of maintaining The Observer's independent status; and 2. the misconception that The ... [more]
Alumnus criticizes
bias, policy
Eliot M. Held
Class of `97
In regard to the possibility of the University revoking the independent status of The Observer, I would like to make several points. First, no newspaper is unbiased. Many do a good job at rooting out bias, but complete neutrality is impossible ... [more]
All in the Family
Erin LaRuffa
Associate News Editor
Last week, alumnus Jim Arkedis wrote a letter to the editor of The Observer criticizing the paper for what he sees as flaunting its independent status. In his letter, published on Friday, Arkedis complained, "Recent articles harshly criticize the administration and ... [more]
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